Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



roe. 



CALIFORNIA SONG SPARROWS. 

 581m. San Diego Sparrow (M. c.cooperi). Simi- 

 lar to No. 5810, but slightly smaller, W. 2.4, much 

 lighter and grayer. 



Rarfge. Southern coast district of California north to Monterey 

 Bay, east to Ft. Tejon, San Bernardino, etc., and north Pacific coast 

 district of Lower California south to San Quentin Bay. (Ridgw.) 



58 Id. Samuels Song Sparrow (M. c. samuelis}. 

 Similar to No. 5810, but smaller, W. 2.4, bill more 

 slender. 



Range Coast slope of central California (except salt marshes of 

 San Francisco Bay), from Santa Cruz County to Humboldt County, 

 north, at least in winter, to Humbolt Bay. (Ridgw.) 



581 I. Alameda Song Sparrow (M. c. pusillula). 

 Similar to No. 5813, but smaller, W. 2.3, less rusty, 

 underparts more heavily streaked, usually more or less 

 suffused with yellowish. 



Range. Salt marshes of San Francisco Bay, California. (Ridgw.) 



58 1 i. San Clemente Song Sparrow (M. c. ele- 

 ments}. Similar to No. 58im, but larger and grayer. 



Range. San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa Islands, 

 Santa Barbara Group, California; Coronados Islands, Lower Cali- 

 fornia. (Ridgw.) 



58 I h. Santa Barbara Song Sparrow (M. c. gram- 

 inea}. Similar to No. 581!, but much smaller, W. 2.4. 



Range. Santa Barbara Islands, California mainland in winter. 



NORTHWEST COAST SONG SPARROWS. 

 58 I e. Rusty Song Sparrow (M. c. morphna). W. 

 2.7. Ads. Above without clear gray and not distinct- 

 ly streaked; prevailing color dark reddish brown; be- 

 low heavily streaked with same. 



Range. - Northwest coast region, Oregon to British Columbia; 

 south in winter to southern California. 



58 If. Sooty Song Sparrow (A/, c. rufina). Simi- 

 lar to No. 5816, but larger, W. 2.9, more sooty above 

 and below, underparts more heavily streaked, 



Range. Pacific coast region from British Columbia north to south- 

 ern Alaska. 



58 In. Yukutat Song Sparrow (M. c. caurina). 

 Similar to No. 58if, bill lon-ger and more slender, color 

 grayer. 



Range. Coast of Mt. St. Elias district of Alaska, from Yakutat 

 Bay to Lituya Bay. 



58 1 o. Kenai Song Sparrow (M. c. kenaiensis). 

 Similar to No. 582, but smaller, W. 3, plumage darker, 

 more sooty, less rufous. 



Range.- Coast of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, from east side of Cook 

 Inlet to Prince William Sound. (Ridgw.) 



581.1. Kadiak Island Song Sparrow (M. c. insignis}. 

 Similar to No 5810, but larger, W. 3.2, bill longer, 

 color grayer. 



Range. Kadiak Island and opposite coast of Alaska. (Ridgw.) 



582. Aleutian Song Sparrow (Melospi^a cinerea). 

 Similar to No. 581.1, but larger and grayer; largest and 

 grayest bird of group; L. 8; W. 3-4- 



Range. "Western portion of Alaska Peninsula (Stepovak Bay, 

 opposite Shumagin Islands), Shumagin Islands, and Aleutian Islands, 

 from Unalaska to Atka, Adak, and Attu." (Ridgw.) 



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